All three unc Boys Town commems set new record lows.

All three unc Boys Town commems set new record lows. I'm kinda likin the dollar.

 

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Record lows for mintage? Could you provide more info?

 

Every type of every one is a record low and some by a huge margin.

 

"As of Dec. 17, the U.S. Mint reports the following sales for the Boys Town Program:"

➤ Single Proof gold $5: 1,626
➤ Single Uncirculated gold $5: 2,995
➤ Single Proof silver dollar: 25,665
➤ Single Uncirculated silver dollar: 11,033
➤ Single clad half dollar: 17,275
➤ Single Uncirculated clad half dollar: 14,967
➤ Three-coin Proof set: 5,405

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/12/2017-commemorative-coin-sales-lackluster.all.html

A thread on Collectors.com has this to say (not sure where they were pulling their numbers...?):

$5 Unc mintage of 2,947 beats 1997 Jackie's 5174 soundly.
$5 Proof mintage of 7,376 beats 2016 Mark Twain's 13,266 soundly.
$1 Unc mintage of 12,313 beats 1996-D Paralympics 14,497 reasonably well.
$1 proof mintage of 31,651 beats 2014 Civil Rights 61,992 nearly by half.
50c Unc mintage of 15,561 beats 2016 National Parks 21,382 soundly.
50c Proof mintage of 23,213 beats 2013 Generals 47,326 by nearly 1/2.​

 

Interesting 5 unc gold numbers - maybe it will breathe some life back into the modern commem program. I keep my commem unc dollar and 50 cent sets complete - affordable and interesting IMO. As for the chart, I do believe that some of the Atlanta unc halves were minted well below 20k.

 

I show the lowest Atlanta half is the unc swimming at 50,077. Five issues since have had lower mintages.

 

Your second set of numbers from Collectors.com are from yesterday's mint sales report.
https://www.usmint.gov/about/production-sales-figures/cumulative-sales

 

I stand corrected - was thinking of the Atlanta unc dollars. Thanks.

 

Low mintage means nothing, unless somebody (a lot of somebody's) wants one. Check back in 20 (years) or so.

 

True, but the lower the mintage, the lower that "a lot of somebody's" needs to be.

 

They are low mintage because they are poor designs for a coin that nobody cares about.

I know the organization "Boys Town" does a lot of good work, but its not something many people are excited for.

 

I bought it. I care about it, though I admit, I'm in the minority. The Morgan Dollar was not well received back in it's day. Time will tell with the above mentioned commem.......